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UNA Harpenden
The UNA Harpenden branch supports the aims of UNA-UK by:
- Organising public meetings to inform people about the work of the UN and related issues of international affairs
- Supporting activities in local schools which inform pupils about the work of the UN
- Fund raising to support organisations that are working to promote the aims of the UN
- Urging the government to support the UN and to support reform of the UN in order to improve its effectiveness
- Encouraging members to support UN and UNA campaigns
- Encouraging good relations between people of different nationality
Contact Details
- Suheil Shahryar (Chair)
- herts77@btinternet.com
- 07711-532903
Events
UNA Harpenden: ‘What are the prospects for peace and justice in Palestine?’
Harpenden 10 November 2021
Our next public meeting is to be held on 27 November at the Methodist Hall, High Street, Harpenden AL5 2RU. Our speaker will be Peter Segal and his...
UNA Harpenden: Prof. Angela Karp on Climate Change – What are the actions we...
11 September 2021
The speaker, Professor Angela Karp, is the first female director since the Institute was founded in 1843. In her previous role of Director for...
UNA Harpenden: UN@75 concert
26 January 2020
In its 75th Anniversary Year, the UN and its Member Governments have decided to engage “We the Peoples of these United Nations….” in a global...
UNA Harpenden: Public Meeting - The Future of the European Union
30 November 2019
The speaker will be Kevin Featherstone and his topic will be “The Future of the European Union”. He is Professor in European Politics at the London...
UNA Harpenden: Raleigh International in Tanzania
Harpenden 5 October 2019
Caroline Dynes will speak about her work with the Livelihoods Project run by Raleigh International in Tanzania. She will also talk about a Water,...
UNA Harpenden: Public Meeting - How does the UK spend the international aid...
Harpenden 13 July 2019
Our local MP Bim Afolami, who is PPS to the Secretary of State for International Development, will speak on this subject. The meeting will be...
News
UNA Harpenden: Public Meeting - Climate Change and Agriculture
24 October 2021
As COP26 approaches, UNA supporters came to hear about ‘How we can respond effectively to the climate crisis.’ This meeting had two speakers –...
UNA Harpenden: Public Meeting - The Future of the European Union
30 November 2019
Kevin Featherstone, Professor of European Politics at LSE, spoke on the topic ‘The Future of the European Union’. He reminded us that the future of...
UNA Harpenden: Public Meeting - Raleigh International in Tanzania
5 October 2019
Caroline Dynes is a volunteer working for the charity Raleigh International and she spoke about her work in Tanzania, where she had just spent 3...
UNA Harpenden: Public Meeting - How does the UK spend the international aid...
13 July 2019
Bim Afolami, MP for Hitchin and Harpenden and PPS to the Secretary of State for International Development, spoke about how the UK spends the...
UNA Harpenden: Public Meeting - The famine next door - Africa is burning
23 March 2019
Benny Dembitzer is an economist who has had a fascinating career working for a wide range of organizations, including several UN agencies, in the...
UNA Harpenden - Public Meeting - UN Climate Change conference COP24
13 March 2019
Michael Wilkins is Managing Director, Sustainable Finance for S&P Global Ratings. He attended the latest conference (COP24) of the UN Framework...